The Shinran Sect was founded by Shinran Shonin who lived from May 21, 1173 to November 28, 1262. He was studying as a Japanese Buddhist monk during the era where the shoguns lost power to the military. It is the most practiced school of Buddhism in Japan.
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The Shinran sect is also referred to as the "True Pure Land School"
Main symbols:
The Amida Buddha: Shinran Shonin encouraged Shin Buddhists to have total reliance on the Amida Buddha. This is called "True Entrusting".
Kamakura Daibutsu is a statue of the Amida Buddha in Kamakura, Japan.
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Shinran said there should be no self-effort to reach enlightenment. Rather, you should unite your mind with the Amida Buddha having "True Entrusting"
Tannisho: This is the "Holy Book" of Shin Buddhism written by Shinran Shonin. Shinran Shonin was almost like a Martin Luther in Japanese Buddhism, as he used this book to address the problems in the common practices of Buddhism of the day as well as discuss the Amida Buddha in further depth.
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Doctrine & Beliefs: The Nembutsu: a chanting practice simply reciting the phrase Namu Amida Butsu ("I take refuge in Amida Buddha"). The Pure Land: rituals guaranteed rebirth in the Pure Land True Entrusting: the goal of practices are the attainment of Shinjin (Ture Entrusting), also translated as faith.
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Put emphasis on leaving out superstitious practices from Buddhism.
Jodo Shinshu (The Pure Land School) sect
The Shinran Sect was founded by Shinran Shonin who lived from May 21, 1173 to November 28, 1262. He was studying as a Japanese Buddhist monk during the era where the shoguns lost power to the military. It is the most practiced school of Buddhism in Japan.
The Shinran sect is also referred to as the "True Pure Land School"
Main symbols:
The Amida Buddha: Shinran Shonin encouraged Shin Buddhists to have total reliance on the Amida Buddha. This is called "True Entrusting".Kamakura Daibutsu is a statue of the Amida Buddha in Kamakura, Japan.
Shinran said there should be no self-effort to reach enlightenment. Rather, you should unite your mind with the Amida Buddha having "True Entrusting"
Tannisho: This is the "Holy Book" of Shin Buddhism written by Shinran Shonin. Shinran Shonin was almost like a Martin Luther in Japanese Buddhism, as he used this book to address the problems in the common practices of Buddhism of the day as well as discuss the Amida Buddha in further depth.
Doctrine & Beliefs:
The Nembutsu: a chanting practice simply reciting the phrase Namu Amida Butsu ("I take refuge in Amida Buddha").
The Pure Land: rituals guaranteed rebirth in the Pure Land
True Entrusting: the goal of practices are the attainment of Shinjin (Ture Entrusting), also translated as faith.
Put emphasis on leaving out superstitious practices from Buddhism.
Information from Wikipedia.org article "Shin Buddhism" and "What is Shin Buddhism?"
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